1962 British actress Jean Forbes-Robertson is dead at the age of 57. She appeared in Berkeley Square, as the lead in Peter Pan, and Time and the Conways.

2000Victor Borge dies today at 91. Borge was a comedy legend who performed almost all of his life. His solo Broadway show, Comedy in Music, ran for 849 performances and was Borge's biggest American break.

2008Harold Pinter, the one-time British actor who tried his hand at writing in the 1950s only to become one of the most prominent and influential playwrights of the second half of the 20th century, dies at age 78. The winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, his plays included The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming and Betrayal.

2012Jack Klugman, who brought a straight-forward, salt-of-the-earth quality to scores of roles over a long career, and became famous as the television embodiment of Neil Simon's Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple," dies at age 90. Mr. Klugman was Tony-nominated for his performance as Herbie in the original production of Gypsy. His other Broadway credits included productions of The Odd Couple, I'm Not Rappaport, and The Sunshine Boys.